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Despite routes to Noida airport, commuters have complained about erratic bus services from various parts of the city Noida: Noida and Ghaziabad are running on a fraction of the city bus fleet they actually need, leaving commuters increasingly dependent on autos and expensive app-based cabs for journeys that should ideally be covered by public transport.According to a Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) report, Noida needs more than 250 city buses but has only 110 operated by UP Roadways. Ghaziabad’s gap is even wider. Against a requirement of over 600 buses, it currently has just 50 electric buses.The shortage is…

Police personnel investigate the accident spot on Tuesday, where broken spectacles of the deceased and his father’s footwear can be seen in a pothole near Durga Cafe, in front of Green Cove Society, on the Nande-Mahalunge Road Pune: Residents’ demand to repair the battered Nande-Mhalunge Road gained tragic urgency when a 10-year-old boy died after he came under the wheels of a truck while going for tuition on his father’s bike around 6pm on Monday.Police identified the boy as Viraj Sandip Patole, a resident of Rajyog Society in Maan, Hinjewadi. He was riding with his father, Sandip Patole (38), and…

Coelho visited Our Lady of Grace High School, Bicholim, where she interacted with Class VII and VIII students Panaji: After national windsurfing champion Katya Coelho was featured in the Class VIII Konkani textbook this academic year under the National Education Policy’s push to localise textbooks, she made her first visit to a school in Bicholim, turning the chapter’s hero into a real-life presence for students.Coelho visited Our Lady of Grace High School, Bicholim, where she interacted with Class VII and VIII students and answered their questions. She is only the second sportsperson to be included in Goa’s school textbooks after…

Shimla: A 53-year-old man from Koti village in Shillai tehsil of Sirmaur district was found allegedly murdered near the Vishwakarma Chowk in Paonta Sahib in the wee hours of Tuesday.The police said the killer had slit Bhav Singh’s throat. The body was found at a newly constructed parking site.The victim was a vegetable and fruit wholesaler who travelled to Paonta Sahib every third day in his pickup vehicle to buy vegetables and fruits. Following the incident, the bereaved family members and locals staged a protest, demanding the immediate arrest of the killer.The victim’s post-mortem was conducted, and an FIR for…

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Patna: The Bihar Cybercrime and Security Unit has arrested a 42-year-old man from Bihta in Patna district in connection with a “digital arrest” case involving suspicious financial transactions. The action followed information received through the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP) about a bank account allegedly being used to route funds linked to cyberfraud.Police identified the accused as Kumar Aryan, a Bihta resident. Records showed that his account had received suspicious transactions amounting to around Rs1.05 crore linked to digital arrest frauds. Preliminary findings indicated that Aryan was working with an interstate gang involved in cyberfraud through online gaming platforms,…

Members of Kanjar community working at a factory in Jhalawar Jaipur: Jhalawar’s Kanjar settlements, once frequently figuring in police records for theft, burglary, robbery and dacoity, are witnessing a sharp decline in reported crime, with the police attributing the change to a rehabilitation programme focused on jobs, education, housing and counselling. Against an annual average of 150-200 cases involving residents of these settlements, only nine were registered between April 1 and Aug 15 this year, officials said.One of the prominent signs of change is Manoj Kumar, who has been selected for Rajasthan Home Guards and is reportedly the first person…

Amruta Fadnavis being felicitated during an event in Nagpur Nagpur: Social worker and chief minister Devendra Fadnavis’s wife, Amruta, on Tuesday accused Congress of attempting to create ‘its own Constitution’ amid the ongoing controversy over the singing of Vande Mataram at the party’s headquarters in New Delhi.Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a hackathon and ideathon at VNIT, Fadnavis said the Vande Mataram Bill had been passed by Parliament and questioned Congress’s decision to sing only the first two paragraphs of the national song instead of its complete five-paragraph version.“Parliament is a pillar of democracy. If you disrespect a…

BJP’s Babulal Marandi addresses the press conference in Ranchi on Tuesday Ranchi: Leader of opposition Babulal Marandi on Tuesday urged protesting students to persist with their demand for a CBI probe into alleged recruitment irregularities, saying state govt’s decision to scrap the JSSC CGL and other “tainted” examinations would not ensure justice without an independent investigation.Speaking to reporters, Marandi alleged that the cabinet’s decision was intended to defuse the agitation rather than uncover the truth. “A CBI investigation is another key demand of the students. Cancelling the examinations is not the solution,” he said.Questioning state govt’s reluctance to refer the…

Surat: A foreign national died at an Railway Police Force (RPF) post in Surat on Monday night after he was detained following a quarrel with co-passengers aboard the Golden Temple Express.The man, whose identity and nationality are yet to be established, allegedly got violent during the altercation and was brought to the RPF post with two other passengers for questioning. He suddenly collapsed while being questioned and was rushed to SMIMER Hospital, where he was declared dead.Surat railway police launched an inquiry, treating the case as a suspected custodial death.According to police, the RPF and Govt Railway Police (GRP) received…